MLB 12 The Show Fact Sheet

[EnigmaNemesis]

Quote: Originally Posted by UNIT-352

Are there any new homerun cameras this year that watch the flight of the ball?...I saw one video where they show the outfielder looking up as the ball goes over the wall, and on the video showing Battistas home run in toronto, it had last years homerun derby angle where it zooms in on the ball then backs off it (awesome angle hope its added into reg games this year)

Yes, there is new cameras for home runs in different parks that is all a part of the new broadcast package!

[TheHammer19]

Quote: Originally Posted by EnigmaNemesis

Yes, there is new cameras for home runs in different parks that is all a part of the new broadcast package!

Sounds Awesome!!! Can't wait!!

[Bahnzo]

Quote: Originally Posted by Woodweaver

That's a good point. But, if weeding out cheaters was a simple, non-resource draining task, I'm sure every game producer/publisher would have done it. Every game has a different set of rules that can be exploited in different ways though, and staffing and maintaining a "police force" is just not a viable (or desirable) option. So, unfortunately it is necessary to procedurally make cheating difficult. I think you'll find this approach in almost every aspect of our lives. Don't get me wrong. I would love to live the ideal, but then a friend's list wouldn't really be that necessary. :-)

I'm gonna answer this, as much as I intend to remove myself from further discussions.

From what I've read, and I mean only what I've read...maybe it's untrue...there's to be policing on people selling DD cards for too much money...and from creating DD logo's that are obscene (based on who's criteria?). So it's possible to police things like this, but not cheating in online games modes? C'mon..?!

I could write a script that flags potential cheaters easily. Based on what I've heard that online games will be played thru a central server. Then if you are saving game stats, it should be easy to write a script, run it once a week, and report the results to someone to verify and make a decision on people abusing the mode.

But then again, I suppose that is it easier to employ someone to look for a team logo that resembles a penis.

[scooteristkai]

What about making the games against people on one´s friendlist unranked in the future then? People could compare their teams against the teams of their friends without cheating their way up the ranks that way!

Quote: Originally Posted by Woodweaver

That's a good point. But, if weeding out cheaters was a simple, non-resource draining task, I'm sure every game producer/publisher would have done it. Every game has a different set of rules that can be exploited in different ways though, and staffing and maintaining a "police force" is just not a viable (or desirable) option. So, unfortunately it is necessary to procedurally make cheating difficult. I think you'll find this approach in almost every aspect of our lives. Don't get me wrong. I would love to live the ideal, but then a friend's list wouldn't really be that necessary. :-)

[Rhinoboy50]

Banzai said "penis". (insert childish giggle here)

[Rhinoboy50]

Oops Bahnzo not Banzai. Stupid auto correct.

[nomo17k]

Quote: Originally Posted by Bahnzo

... I could write a script that flags potential cheaters easily. Based on what I've heard that online games will be played thru a central server. Then if you are saving game stats, it should be easy to write a script, run it once a week, and report the results to someone to verify and make a decision on people abusing the mode. ...

I have always used stats to gauge whether an online player is "legit" or not in 11... for example I weeded out those with very high SB/CS numbers since that indicates someone who constantly early steals on every pitch. I hated that mostly because it slows down games too much, not to mention it's not so realistic to see so many early steals within a game.

But whether such a player is "legit" can still be subjective. After all, early steal is a legit game mechanics. If the game allows a certain move, why is a gamer not supposed to use it, you know what I mean? So policing can only go so far IMO... Something like deliberate pulling would become easier to detect on the client server system now, but whether a gamer plays fairly or not... it could take needless amount of human resources.

With more ways to filter players, things will be okay...

I think the issue is that for some reason, there's this notion about online gaming that gamers want to be ranked in one and only one universe... to do that everyone needs to be fairly randomly matched against players coming from a wide spectrum of play styles, even if some of them don't care at all about being ranked, just want to play the game certain ways... and that's the culprit.

[barsoffury]

I'm really looking forward to this years game and all the things they've fixed/added but I'm very disappointed to see (or so it seems) that they still don't have dome stadiums that work. Maybe it's not a big deal to most but if your someone like me who plays a Jays franchise it's annoying to play two thirds of your home games in cold temperatures. ( Oh ya another thing, it shouldn't be 40 degrees in June in Toronto, weather needs to be fixed.)

I know it's a small detail but this game prides itself on the little things that make the game so life like yet this issue they keep ignoring.